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Aaron Ciechanover

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Aaron Ciechanover
Ciechanover in 2014
Born (1947-10-01) October 1, 1947 (age 77)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHadassah Medical School M.S. 1971; M.D. 1974 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology D.Sc
Known forUbiquitin-mediated protein degradation
SpouseMenucha Ciechanover
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)
ForMem, NAS
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsTechnion, Israel
NCKU, Taiwan

Aaron Ciechanover (/ɑːhəˈrn iˈhɑːnvɛər/ (audio speaker iconlisten) AH-hə-ROHN chee-HAH-noh-vair; Hebrew: אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist. He won the Nobel prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.[1][2]

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009.[3]

References

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  1. "Irwin Rose | American biochemist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  2. Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko 2004 Nobel in Chemistry Archived 2005-12-19 at the Wayback Machine – A web article
  3. "Aaron J. Ciechanover". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.